Windshield



Patan'ted J 11116 28, 19210 MAY 15, 1920.

'F. A. DlLLiNGEqdsi'.

WINDSHIELL APPLICATION FILED ll" 51:13 in nenionarcn a. Dimmer-rain, or rear, omo, assrenon TO THE TROY cannraen SUN snaps COMPANY, or nos, 01110, A CORPORATION or 101110.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June as, 1921.

Application fiIeClMay 15, 1920. Serial ll'o. 381,610.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l. l

a resident of Troy, Miami county, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windshields, of which the "followingis a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the drawings formmg part of this speclfication.

having an additional glass. which maybe swung out forwardly of the shield to act as a sort of roof, and prevent the accumulation of water on the upper shield section.

In windshield devices of thischaracter chiefly employed in closed automobile bodies, it is desirable to keep all rain and snow from access to the interior of the car.-

It is the chief object of my invention toprevent water or snow from entering around the side edges of the upper and lower sections.

With this in view I accomplish the object of my invention and other advantages to be noted by that certain construction and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings, a 1 Figure 1 is an inside front elevation of the device. a

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. 1 Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. [is a section taken on the lin of Fig.2. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of one of the side frame pieces.

The frame in which the shield is mounted" has a base 1, which has mounted thereon the ridge plate 2, which forms a cross rib over which the lower shield is elevated and.

a dilferent form for the upper portion therev-,O.than for the lower portion thereof."

Thus the lower portioh of theside frame pieces 3 (Fig. 4) are formed with a pro- :nnniou A. DIIr cine-inner, a citizen oi the U1 .ted States and, hio 1 1 wind shield. V I I depth of the bridge Qat its {lower end 8 and theref ecting'rib 5 on which is mounted a-channel strip 6. The flanges of the channel. strip are adapted to'be bent over a weather strip;

of rubber or like material having abase 7 to be clipped in. place by the flanges and a flexible contact strip 8, which. due to the conformation of the side frame 'projects angularly and inwardly toward the side of the' This strip 8. extends-to the thus acts to seal the corners of the J01I1l7 of the lower shield section.

bridge Theupper portion of the side frame" shownat 4 (Fig. isformed with. a laterally projecting flange}? that serves'to provide a groove in which the special strip on the upper shield section will engage, as-

w-ardly and the base 9? o.f,..thewchannel formed thereby, is curved at}? so that it d-i-' lower shield section.

The trunnion 10 for the lower shield sec- 'rects water away. from the side joint of the will be described. Thisflange slants out-'- tionllis shown and described in my Patent desired'i orny and makes up no particular part of this invention. I

No.1255894, above referred to, .towhich ref- I R'The Weather guardsection or outenupper iie cl amps 16 of v "51 retain said arc-shaped arms in any desired position I M I upper shield sectionl is provided along its si'de edges with a roughl shaped strip'of metal 17 suitablysecuretl along the 'sidepiece of the shield section and adapted" section i'i'i's guitably hinged. at the-topof I I iigh ,SlOt's 'tor-niediin the and areengagedby finger I 11y desired pattern; so an Whn tlieiupper shield section is closed,

ore,f' its side edges form aweather lock out all water or. snow and the movementfjof the said uppers'ection is limited to outwiard movements only since the lower section takes care of ventilation directed to the, floor of the car body. 1

Thelower shield section swingsiriwardly' r- 7 U I ?lforming a tight joint-due to its water or snow may section is brought to this with the rubber strip 8, direction of projection .strilges the shield section before it gets to its lnwardly,

lower-most position and is bent compression Into a bent positlon (Fig. 4). l

A rubber piece 18 of any desired form is clipped over the upper ed e. of'the lower shield, and serves as a weather strip for the contact of the upper and lower sections when both are closed, and the side pieces of the upper section. have clipped over them rubber the lower section at the point of overlap of the upper section over the lower, at the outreach due to the interference of the pieces of the lower section.

A curved top piece 20 is mounted at the lower edge of the top piece of the frame, and serves to divert the flow of water through the joint at the top ofthe frame.

As so constructed,'a windshield is provided which has no point-through which penetrate, as every point of access is guarded and the .ermost pointswherein the strip 18 cannot said side bytight compression of interposed strips of rubber or suitable com ressible andresilient There is, rthermQre, ,no contlnuous channel from the top to bottom of the shields whichm ght conduct water in through the section corners.

aving' thus described my 1 invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

,1. In a windshield, the combination with upper and lower shield sections, of side ame pieces, means interacting between the shield sections and the side frame pieces for. forming abutment oints of v the sections with the side frame pieces. with the abutment joint for the upper shield section terminating at its'lower edge cated outwardly from the ab for the lower shield section, water collected at the joint shield section will not flow into the joint of the lower shield section.

2. In a windshield. the combination with side frame pieces and a shield section. of'an outwardly opening channel formed along the side frame pieces. inwardly projecting side strips on the shield section to engage insaid channel, said channel being set at a slant with. relation to the body of the side )ieces, for the purpose described.

3. n a windshield, the combination with side frame pieces and a shield section, of a channel formed along the side frame pieces, means on the shield section to enutment joint whereby the of thexupper 'weather strip dev1ces mounted at the sides is pieces 19, which wipe theside pieces-of.

while, when closed, 1s m interlocked position or is sealed rlsin a metallic bar havin 5 b at a point 10- T .the lower'end of the gage in-said channel. said channel being set at a slant with relation to the body of the side pieces and formed with its base, atthe lower end thereof curved outwardly of the frame, for the purpose described.

4. In a windshield, the combination with a shield section and a frame, a bridge formedat the base of the frame, with which the lower shield section engages, and

of the frame, and extending along said side pieces and downwardly along side of the bridge to the base of the frame, whereby said strip devices .will protect the side ointv and the bottom corner of the shield section at the bridging point. 5. In-a windshield, the combination with a shield section and a frame, a bridge formed at the base of the' frame, with which the lower shield section engages, and weather strip devices mounted at the sides of the frame; and extending along said side pieces and downwardly along side of the bridge to the base of the frame, whereby said strip devices will protect the side joint and thebottom corner of the shield section at the, bridging point, said strips comprising flexible members mounted to normally efztend angularlywith relation to the posi-: tion to which they are forcedupon a seat ing of the shield section over the bridge.

6. A side frame piece for windshield comprising a metallic bar having an upper abutment forming element projecting laterally therefrom and alined at a slant running from the outer edge ofthe piece at a me 'dian point thereof, and thence a ong the piece toward the top thereof, and a lower abutment forming element projecting laterally thereof, and running from a point between the outer and inner edges of the piece adjacent the lower terminus of the upper element and thence downwardly to the lower end of the piece I 7. A side framepiece for windshieldcoman upper abutment forming element projecting laterally therefrom and alined at a slant running from the outer. edge of the piece-at a median point thereof, piece toward the topthereof, and a lower abutment forming element projecting lat-- erallythe'reof, and running from;a point between, theouter and inner edges of the piece adjacent the lower terminus of theme upper element and thence downwardly to piece, said; upper abutment forming element comp-rising a flanged member bent outwardly for forming an out wardly opened channel.

8. A side frame piece for windshield comprising a metallic bar having an upper abutment forming element projecting laterally therefrom and alined at a slant running from the outer edge of the at a median 130 and thence along'the 115,

point thereof, and thence along the piece toward the top thereof, and a lower abutment forming element projecting laterally thereof, and running from a point between the outer and inner edges of the piece adjacent the lowenterminus of the upper element and thence downwardly to the lower end of the piece, said upper abutment forming element comprising a flanged member bent outwardly for forming an opening channel and said lower forming element comprising a stripped abutment, the channel ml. prevent inward movements of a, tion and the lower ebotment to pee Ward movement of o shield EQC'tlOlL 

